Topic: Islamabad
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday saluted Pakistan's prime minister as an "old friend" of Beijing, extending more warm words to Islamabad as it faces US pressure after Osama bin Laden's killing.Yousuf Raza Gilani has spent much of his visit to China ...
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday was to meet China's president at the end of a visit full of praise for ties with Beijing, amid a crisis with the US over Osama bin Laden's killing.The visiting prime minister's talks with ...
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Muhammad Farooq waits by his truck outside the Pakistani border town of Chaman, the main crossing into southern Afghanistan. He has driven several hundred kilometers from the port city of Karachi carrying supplies for NATO forces, along with a ...
US regional envoy Marc Grossman arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday as part of efforts to calm angry tensions between the two countries over the US operation that killed Osama bin Laden."Yes, he (Marc Grossman) has arrived for talks with senior Pakistani leadership," ...
"Somebody" knew about Osama bin Laden's Pakistani hideout but there is no proof that Pakistan's political and military leaders were aware of it, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.Gates and the US military's top officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, warned against cutting ...
Visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday hailed his country's "all-weather friendship" with China, as he faced renewed US pressure following the killing of Osama bin Laden.Gilani's four-day visit to China follows the May 2 killing of the Al-Qaeda leader ...
KARACHI (Reuters) - The Yemeni al Qaeda militant Pakistan arrested in the city of Karachi was a "mid-level" operative and explosives expert involved in plotting attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to local security officials.The Pakistani army on Tuesday identified the man ...
Pakistan and the United States sought Monday to smooth a damaging row caused by Osama bin Laden's killing, calling for closer cooperation with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poised to visit. Pakistan's civilian and military leaders were left angry and embarrassed ...
CHARSADDA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 80 people at a paramilitary force academy in the northwest Friday, and vowed further bloodshed in retaliation for the death of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. raid in the country.The ...
Three Pakistani lawmakers offered prayers for Osama bin Laden in parliament a week after US commandos killed the Al-Qaeda leader in a covert raid near the capital, a lawmaker said Wednesday.The Saudi-born terror mastermind was killed by Navy SEALs in the garrison ...